Tough time with a new oil crossover pipe

[Tom F2]

I'm having a tough time getting the new oil scavenge discharge hard line to fit on my Turbo 3.0. My car is a 77 Turbo 3.0, which had the orginal thermal reactor set up. I'm changing to a stock exhaust from an '86 Turbo, with an '83 muffler. As far as I can tell, I need to change the oil hard line from the kind that goes under the front of the engine, as in pre-74 N.A. cars, to the kind that goes back and across, much like the ones you'll see on post-74 cars, though the part no. (930-107-741-11) is specific to the Turbo. I bought this part from Pelican. Problem is, the one I got hits the left side heat exchanger and it doesn't leave room for the later style turbo oil sump, which I got with the exhaust.

So, do I just bend the new pipe thing till everything fits? It's not easy to bend, by the way. Can anyone say whether it makes a difference whether I put in the turbo oil sump before the oil line?

[sand_man]

I wish I could offer better advice...my car is an '87 and I have B&B headers which come with a different turbo sump/drip tank as well as a braided scavenge line...so here's a bump for ya. GOOD LUCK!

[Tinker]

Tom,

I am interested in your dilemma as I am in the process of the same exercise on my 77.

I would search for some photos of the 3.3 or SC oil lines and see if you can determine exactly what the differences are... I just remembered that Bruce Anderson book shows the photos of a motor converted to the later exhaust.

Is the turbo sump bent or damaged?

Tinker

[starlifter1]

I belive it was elephant racing had pictures of the different oil lines, I have the same problem going from stock to SSI.
Or even our host may have them

[john walker's workshop]

you need the one that goes back behind the muffler, but it's a turbo only pipe that has a different bend in it to clear the turbo sump. check the one for a '86.

[Tom F2]

Originally posted by john walker's workshop
you need the one that goes back behind the muffler, but it's a turbo only pipe that has a different bend in it to clear the turbo sump. check the one for a '86.

This is what I thought I bought from Pelican. Can anyone put up a photo of a stock, post-86 installation, please? Many thanks, to all.

Does anyone have a good used line that is known to fit in this application, which would be willing to sell?

[john walker's workshop]

notice the straight line between the engine mount and forward under the chain area. that clears the sump. off my '87 930 engine.

[Tom F2]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by john walker's workshop
[B]notice the straight line between the engine mount and forward under the chain area. that clears the sump. off my '87 930 engine.


Thank you, John. I think that I ordered the right part no., but what I received is different - it does not slant as far towards the engine center as yours, so there's not enough room for the turbo sump. The line I received is the same as an old line that I have from an '83 SC engine. This supersedes to the Turbo part on PET, but clearly they're different.

[Tom F2]

Here's a photo. By the way, the tag has the Turbo part no. on it.

[Henry Schmidt]

The oil line you need is unique to the turbo.
Remember that just because a part has a 930 number it is not necessarily a turbo part.